The Board found that the Veteran's balanitis was not incurred in or aggravated by military service and did not result from his service-connected diabetes. The claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed no current diagnosis of balanitis, and previous balanitis was attributed to redundant foreskin rather than diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- balanitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1047727
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